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participatory rights as non-governmental organizations in consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council.”2
9.
The Expert Mechanism proposes that the Human Rights Council review the
language and terminology used in United Nations documents pertaining to the rights of
indigenous peoples with a view to ensuring that they reflect the terminology contained in
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In particular, the
Expert Mechanism calls upon the Human Rights Council to propose that the General
Assembly amend the title of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
and rename it the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. It also calls upon
the United Nations and other international organizations to review their spelling rules with
a view to using capital letters in spelling the term “Indigenous Peoples.”
Proposal 4: Post-2015 Development Agenda
10.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples proposes that the
Human Rights Council support the Expert Mechanism and representatives of indigenous
peoples in their efforts to ensure that the rights of Indigenous peoples are firmly
incorporated in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, including the participation of the
Expert Mechanism in related activities.
Proposal 5: Universal periodic review (UPR)
11.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples proposes that the
Human Rights Council and Member States draw increasingly on the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the thematic work of the Expert
Mechanism in the universal periodic review (UPR) process, including through references to
the Declaration, studies and advice in recommendations. The Expert Mechanism also
proposes that, in future UPR cycles, the Declaration be explicitly included in the list of
standards on which the UPR process is based.
III. Organization of the session
A.
Attendance
12.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held its sixth session in
Geneva from 8 to 12 July 2013. Members Jannie Lasimbang (Malaysia), International
Chief Wilton Littlechild (Canada), Albert Deterville (Saint Lucia), Alexey Tsykarev
(Russian Federation) and Danfred Titus (South Africa) participated in the sixth session of
the Expert Mechanism.
13.
The participants in the sixth session of the Expert Mechanism included
representatives of Member States, indigenous peoples, United Nations organizations and
programmes, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations (see
annex I).
14.
The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, the
Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Paul Kanyinke Sena, and
member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Populations, Joenia Batista de Carvalho, also participated in the session.
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See A/HRC/18/43, proposal 3.